Sander Vanocur

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Sander Vanocur, born January 8 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, is an American journalist.

In 1950, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the Northwestern University School of Speech. He began his journalism career as a reporter on the London Staff of The Manchester Guardian, and also did general reporting for The New York Times.

Career

Telejournalism career

Described as "one of the country’s most prominent political reporters during the 1960s," [cite web
url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24948843/
title=An on-scene newsman recalls RFK's shooting
date=June 3 2008
accessdate=2008-06-05
publisher=MSNBC] Vanocur served as White House correspondent and national political correspondent for NBC News in the 1960s and early 1970s. [ [http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/mac/cfp96/plenary-media.html CFP96 Plenary Session] , retrieved on 06-26-2009.] He was one of the questioners at the first Kennedy-Nixon debate in 1960 [ [http://www.debates.org/pages/trans60a.html Debate Transcript] Commission on Presidential Debates.] and one of NBC's "four horsemen," its floor reporters at the political conventions in the 1960s. [Frank, Reuven: "Out of Thin Air: The Brief Wonderful Life of Network News," p. 214. Simon & Schuster, 1991. John Chancellor, Frank McGee, and Edwin Newman were the others.] While White House correspondent during the Kennedy administration, Vanocur dubbed Kennedy's coterie the "Irish mafia." [Sidey, Hugh, cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,925537,00.html|title=Styles of Political Mafia|publisher="TIME"|date=1982-07-12|accessdate=2008-08-13] Later, Vanocur covered the 1968 United States presidential election in which Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. Vanocur, who had interviewed Kennedy on June 4, 1968 shortly before the Democratic candidate was shot, reported on the incident from The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California for the entire night. Vanocur served as host of "First Tuesday", a monthly newsmagazine that premiered in 1969 and continued after Vanocur left the network. [Murray, Michael D., ed.: "Encyclopedia of Television News", p. 172. Greenwood, 1999.]

After leaving NBC in 1971, Vanocur worked for PBS and as a television writer for the "Washington Post". He joined ABC News in 1977 and worked there until 1991, holding various positions, including Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, Senior Correspondent in Buenos Aires, and anchor for Business World, the first regularly scheduled weekly business program. He covered the 1997, 1998, and 1999 World Economic Summits and was Chief Overview Correspondent during the 1980 and 1984 presidential elections. In 1984, Vanocur moderated the Vice Presidential debate between incumbent George H. W. Bush and Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro. He made a cameo appearance as himself in the movie Dave.

Teaching career

He taught at Duke University.

Television Hosting Career

Vanocur is currently the host of two of the History Channel's prime time series: "Movies in Time" and "History's Business."

Family

Vanocur is the father of ABC Salt Lake City anchor Chris Vanocur. Their last name is pronounced "van-OH-cur."

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